Barbara E Bierer

Barbara Emily Bierer, MD

Professor of Medicine (Pediatrics), HMS
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics

Barbara Bierer, MD is a Professor of Medicine (Pediatrics) at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and a hematologist/oncologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). She received her MD from HMS. She is the director of the Regulatory Foundations, Law and Ethics Program of the Harvard Catalyst, the Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Award, and the director of regulatory policy, SMART IRB. Dr. Bierer co-founded and now leads the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of BWH and Harvard (MRCT Center), a University-wide and collaborative effort to improve the ethics, conduct, and regulatory environment for multi-site, multi-national clinical trials. She is a co-founder of COVID-19 Collaboration Platform, a platform for cooperation in research. In 2017, the MRCT Center launched the non-profit Vivli, a global clinical research data sharing platform. From 2003-2014, she served as Senior Vice President, Research, at BWH and was the institutional official for human subjects and animal research, for biosafety and for research integrity at the BWH. She initiated the Brigham Research Institute and the Innovation Hub (iHub), a focus for entrepreneurship and innovation. Dr. Bierer established and directed the Center for Faculty Development and Diversity at the BWH; for these efforts, she was the first recipient of the HMS Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award.

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Assessing Federal Policies to Reduce Economic Barriers to Clinical Trial Enrollment.
Authors: Authors: Albert-Rozenberg D, Peloquin D, Liss J, Hanson E, Bierer BE.
J Law Med Ethics
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Financial Toxicity in Cancer Clinical Trials: An Issue in Need of Clarity and Solutions.
Authors: Authors: Barksdale EKS, Selig W, DeCormier Plosky W, Miller E, McDonough K, Backler C, George E, Fleury ME, Taylor MJ, Pankevich DE, Murphy J, Hermann K, Davis LA, DeCotiis G, Gonzalez-Cerimele C, Cook C, Shaw S, Gelinas L, Dornsife DL, Bierer BE, Gerber DE.
J Clin Oncol
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An Analysis of Institutional Review Board Policies for Enrollment of Adults with Impaired or Uncertain Decision-Making Capacity.
Authors: Authors: Nguyen E, Appiah D, Ne'eman A, Shi M, Bierer BE, DeCormier Plosky W, Resnik DB.
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics
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Benefits that Offset Research Risks and Burdens are Qualitatively Different.
Authors: Authors: Gelinas L, Silverman BC, Bierer BE.
Am J Bioeth
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A global call to action for disability inclusion in health research.
Authors: Authors: Anderson AM, Martin RA, DeCormier Plosky W, Ned L, Swenor BK, Bailie J, Mathias K, Maggo JK, Omino MA, Russell AM, Lawson AMM, Brown AE, Bierer BE, Shariq S, Mwifadhi M, Deane KHO, Philip S, Shepherd V, Walsh NE, McHugh GA.
Nat Med
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Managing Multi-Institutional Jurisdiction in Cases of Research Misconduct.
Authors: Authors: Thornton L, Cohen D, Barnes M, Bierer BE.
J Law Med Ethics
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Defamation Claims Arising from Research Misconduct Cases: Best Practices for Institutions.
Authors: Authors: Jaffe N, Caron M, Walsh L, Bierer B, Barnes M.
J Law Med Ethics
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Advocating for collaboration among key partners to promote diversity in clinical studies amid policy challenges in the United States of America.
Authors: Authors: Byiringiro S, Garcia JK, Farrell N, Ogungbe B, Barsha RAA, Miller HN, Whitaker E, Wang P, Rosa WE, Bierer BE, Himmelfarb CR, Michos ED, De Lombaert K, Berdichesky M, Busque S, Palaniappan L, Lewis E, Rodriguez F, Valantine H.
Trials
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The roadmap to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in hematology clinical trials: an American Society of Hematology initiative.
Authors: Authors: Kuaban A, Croker AK, Keefer J, Valentino LA, Bierer BE, Boateng S, DiMichele D, Fogarty P, Gibson CM, Hood AM, Hubbard L, Isgrò A, Knobe K, Lake L, Martin I, Reid M, Roberts JC, Tomlinson W, Tunji-Ajayi L, Van Spall HGC, Voltz-Girolt C, Wheeler AP, Mast AE, Seremetis S.
Blood Adv
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Persistent exclusion of non-English speakers in Pediatric research: a national analysis using ClinicalTrials.gov.
Authors: Authors: Muthukumar AV, Shah KM, Glynn RJ, Bierer BE.
Pediatr Res
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